Soul Train
Bill Withers / Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
TV Flash files “Bill Withers / Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes” as hour 37 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 2, episode 7, aired 1972-10-21, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E07: listed hour 37 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 7 of 37 in season 2. It aired 1972-10-21 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Johnnie Taylor / The Undisputed Truth” (S02E06). Next is “Billy Preston / Laura Lee / Johnny Williams” (S02E08). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Bill Withers "Lean on Me" and "Use Me." Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes "I Miss You" and "If You Don't Know Me By Now." Denise Nicholas, actress from ABC-TV's "Room 222," makes a cameo appearance.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Bill Withers / Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes sit in the Soul Train guide?
S02E07 is listed hour 37 of 1134 — hour 7 of 37 in season 2, season 2 episode 7.
When did Soul Train S02E07 air?
Bill Withers / Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes aired 1972-10-21 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I watch from 1971 in order?
No. It is a music-and-dance series, not a plot. Sample eras for the guests and the Line; Cornelius's classic hosting years are the brand center.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Don Cornelius promises the hippest trip in America and delivers the national dance party corporate TV had under-served: guests, fashion, the Line, scrambleboard kids who became famous. Syndicated Black music television as cultural archive from 1971 deep into the 2000s. Velvet baritone as the rope.
Chicago, 1971: Don Cornelius promises a hip trip across America and delivers the most important dance party in television history, then keeps delivering it until 2006. Soul Train began locally, went to national syndication, and ran thirty-five seasons, more than a thousand hours, putting Black music, fashion, and the Soul Train Line into living rooms corporate television had long under-served. Artists performed. Dancers — including scrambleboard kids who became famous — moved the culture forward. Cornelius…
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- Don Cornelius as Host
Don Cornelius promised the hippest trip in America on Soul Train — guests, fashion, the Line, scrambleboard kids who became famous, syndicated Black music television as cultural archive from 1971 deep into the 2000s. Velvet baritone as a…